PERTH AMBOY – Eighteen people were arrested for gambling and police seized more than $54,000 cash in eight locations throughout the city.

In addition to cash, officers armed with search warrants seized gambling paraphernalia and devices, along with gambling records, according to a press release issued Monday.

Most of the suspects were charged with maintaining a gambling resort, possession of gambling records, possession of gambling devices and promoting gambling. They were each held on $7,500 bail with no 10 percent option.

The arrests were made by members of the Perth Amboy Police Department’s Special Investigations Bureau and Detective Bureau, as well as members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Task Force and The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Agency